Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
66. Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine . — The imprisonment which the Court imposes in default of payment of a fine may be of any description to which the offender might have been sentenced for the offence.
1. Subs. by the A. O 1950. Earlier ins. by the A. O. 1937.
2. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
3. Subs. by Act 8 of 1882, s. 2, for "in every case in which an offender is sentenced to a fine".
4. Ins. by Act 10 of 1886, s. 21 (2).
Source: India Code